University of Denver
Biography
The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”
Sources
Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"
Biography
University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.
Sources
"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.
Biography
First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Student Activities - Concerts - Orchestras
Contains undated images relating to orchestra concerts.
Student Activities - Concerts - Steve Miller
Contains images relating to the Steve Miller concert. There is a note in the folder that states the concert was on 10/6/72.
Student Activities - Concerts - Tom Petty
Contains undated images of a Tom Petty concert.
Student Activities Full Orchestra Concert, between 1960-1979
Black and white photograph of a full orchestra and conductor performing a concert in an unknown location while an audience watches. The photograph is taken from the back of the room, slightly to the audience's right of center, and an unidentified person is walking up the center aisle towards the conductor's podium.
Tom Petty at the University of Denver
Black and white photograph of Tom Petty (l) and Mike Campbell (r) performing at the University of Denver. Petty and Campbell are playing electric guitars and singing into the same microphone from opposite sides.
Tom Petty at the University of Denver
Black and white photograph of Tom Petty performing at the University of Denver, playing an electric guitar and singing.